Comments on: Even Fox Debunks Sarah Palin’s Imaginary War on Coins http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=11041 Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:14:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Don Emmerich http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=11041&cpage=1#comment-226809 Don Emmerich Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:19:18 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=11041#comment-226809 Good find.  Thanks. Good find.  Thanks.

]]> By: Eclectic Radical http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=11041&cpage=1#comment-226805 Eclectic Radical Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:19:03 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=11041#comment-226805 'Besides, it helps them pretend to be a news channel if they occasionally break from the party line. It doesn’t shatter the conservative movement to admit that Sarah Palin is wrong on her facts with this specific issue.'   I am sure many, especially on the right, find it surprising because of Fox's embrace of Sarah Palin as the real reason to vote for John McCain during the election and their championing of her as a future presidential candidate since. Fox has been very active in defending her and so some are bound to find a story breaking ranks and saying she is wrong about something jarring.   This is going to lead to speculation about the 'party line' at Fox that may or may not be justified because of Fox's seeming endorsement of Palin 2012 for much of early 2009. ;)   ‘Besides, it helps them pretend to be a news channel if they occasionally break from the party line. It doesn’t shatter the conservative movement to admit that Sarah Palin is wrong on her facts with this specific issue.’
 
I am sure many, especially on the right, find it surprising because of Fox’s embrace of Sarah Palin as the real reason to vote for John McCain during the election and their championing of her as a future presidential candidate since. Fox has been very active in defending her and so some are bound to find a story breaking ranks and saying she is wrong about something jarring.
 
This is going to lead to speculation about the ‘party line’ at Fox that may or may not be justified because of Fox’s seeming endorsement of Palin 2012 for much of early 2009. ;)
 

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]]> By: K http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=11041&cpage=1#comment-226782 K Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:44:02 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=11041#comment-226782 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @RepublicanBS Even Fox Debunks Sarah Palin's Imaginary War on Coins Lib Values http://bit.ly/2EkaPL >& ppl think SHE'S a viable candidate</span></span> RT @RepublicanBS Even Fox Debunks Sarah Palin's Imaginary War on Coins Lib Values http://bit.ly/2EkaPL >& ppl think SHE'S a viable candidate

]]> By: Jake Winston http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=11041&cpage=1#comment-226783 Jake Winston Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:22:36 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=11041#comment-226783 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">» Even Fox Debunks Sarah Palin's Imaginary War on Coins Liberal Values http://bit.ly/2EkaPL</span></span> » Even Fox Debunks Sarah Palin's Imaginary War on Coins Liberal Values http://bit.ly/2EkaPL

]]> By: Ron Chusid http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=11041&cpage=1#comment-226774 Ron Chusid Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:22:57 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=11041#comment-226774 <p>I wouldn't read too much into an isolated comment or story. I doubt this is due to any network wide decision to be harder on Palin. From what I've read about day to day operations at Fox, people are given a general direction as to their editorial line but the big wigs aren't approving every single story. I get the impression that reporters would frequently tilt their news coverage not because they were given specific instructions for any story but because they thought that doing so in general would please their bosses.</p> <p>Besides, it helps them pretend to be a news channel if they occasionally break from the party line. It doesn't shatter the conservative movement to admit that Sarah Palin is wrong on her facts with this specific issue.</p> I wouldn’t read too much into an isolated comment or story. I doubt this is due to any network wide decision to be harder on Palin. From what I’ve read about day to day operations at Fox, people are given a general direction as to their editorial line but the big wigs aren’t approving every single story. I get the impression that reporters would frequently tilt their news coverage not because they were given specific instructions for any story but because they thought that doing so in general would please their bosses.

Besides, it helps them pretend to be a news channel if they occasionally break from the party line. It doesn’t shatter the conservative movement to admit that Sarah Palin is wrong on her facts with this specific issue.

]]> By: Eclectic Radical http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=11041&cpage=1#comment-226772 Eclectic Radical Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:26:05 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=11041#comment-226772 'So, even though his book division is publishing her memoir, watch for him to be a little bit tough on her between now and 2012; also, watch for him to promote Pawlenty and Romney and anyone else who might stoke some teabag anger while not being anathema to the rest of the electorate.'   Steve, there is allegedly pressure in some quarters (among Republican Party insiders and establishment neoconservatives of the kind Fox News prefers over all else) on<a href="http://eclecticradical.blogspot.com/2009/10/fox-news-for-president.html" rel="nofollow"> Roger Ailes to run for president</a>. It may be that Murdoch already knows who the Fox candidate is.   That said, I think it is risky to consider Rupert Murdoch too personally involved in what goes on at Fox News. Murdoch wants to make money and knows there is money to be made in right wing tv. I'm sure he likes neoconservative government because it tends to be strongly pro-corporation and he is, after all, a corporate exec... but I doubt he decides basic propaganda moves on Fox's programming. That is Ailes' job.   ‘So, even though his book division is publishing her memoir, watch for him to be a little bit tough on her between now and 2012; also, watch for him to promote Pawlenty and Romney and anyone else who might stoke some teabag anger while not being anathema to the rest of the electorate.’
 
Steve, there is allegedly pressure in some quarters (among Republican Party insiders and establishment neoconservatives of the kind Fox News prefers over all else) on Roger Ailes to run for president. It may be that Murdoch already knows who the Fox candidate is.
 
That said, I think it is risky to consider Rupert Murdoch too personally involved in what goes on at Fox News. Murdoch wants to make money and knows there is money to be made in right wing tv. I’m sure he likes neoconservative government because it tends to be strongly pro-corporation and he is, after all, a corporate exec… but I doubt he decides basic propaganda moves on Fox’s programming. That is Ailes’ job.
 

]]> By: Steve M. http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=11041&cpage=1#comment-226771 Steve M. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:46:01 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=11041#comment-226771 I have a theory that, while Murdoch has a financial and ideological interest in tapping into tea-party-style anger -- it's good for ratings, and turning out the angry base might be enough to score big GOP victories in low-turnout midterms --  he'll want to steer his viewers away from Electoral Suicide by Palin in 2012 (because that won't be a low-turnout election, and he knows she can't win swing voters).  So, even though his book division is publishing her memoir, watch for him to be a little bit tough on her between now and 2012; also, watch for him to promote Pawlenty and Romney and anyone else who might stoke some teabag anger while not being anathema to the rest of the electorate. I have a theory that, while Murdoch has a financial and ideological interest in tapping into tea-party-style anger — it’s good for ratings, and turning out the angry base might be enough to score big GOP victories in low-turnout midterms —  he’ll want to steer his viewers away from Electoral Suicide by Palin in 2012 (because that won’t be a low-turnout election, and he knows she can’t win swing voters).  So, even though his book division is publishing her memoir, watch for him to be a little bit tough on her between now and 2012; also, watch for him to promote Pawlenty and Romney and anyone else who might stoke some teabag anger while not being anathema to the rest of the electorate.

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